Erdem's New Job

ERDEM may be best known for his design talent, but he has now turned writer for latest edition of travel book series Mr & Mrs Smith, in which he contributed a lengthy review for JK Place in Capri.

"Capri, a noble beauty, sits demurely waiting for us like a sphinx," he writes in his review. "The first thing we spot is the gleaming white Villa Fersen, teetering on the cliff's edge. Our driver gingerly backs through the gates and a scene reminiscent of Downton Abbey unfolds: a stream of staff members spills out of the 18th Century cream villa to line up. Everyone is immaculately dressed head-to-toe in that striped cotton so beloved of Ivy Leaguers, stretching out their hands, nodding and welcoming us."

The book, which charts the chicest places to stay in Italy, will be available from The Luxury Travel Fair, which takes place from 3 - 6 November.